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General Info

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. operates as a specialty retailer that provides clothing, accessories, and personal care products under the American Eagle Outfitters and Aerie brands. The company also provides jeans, and other apparel and accessories for men and women; and intimates, activewear, and swim collections, as well as personal care products for women. In addition, it offers sports apparel under the Tailgate brand; and menswear products under the Todd Snyder New York brand name. As of March 8, 2018, it operated approximately 933 American Eagle Outfitters stores, 109 Aerie stand-alone stores, 4 Tailgate stand-alone stores, and 1 Todd Snyder stand-alone store in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, and China. It also ships to 81 countries through its Websites; and offers its merchandise at 214 locations operated by licensees in 25 countries, as well as provides products through its Websites www.ae.com, www.aerie.com, and www.ToddSnyder.com. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Financial Statements

The charts below show selected Annual and Quarterly Financial Data.

The purpose of these charts is to discover long and short term change dynamics. When numbers are growing year after year in the annual statements chart, the business become stronger and stronger and this is a good sign.

Quarterly Data Chart can be used to do a short term analysis. It makes sense to pay attention to the quarterly dynamics and do not wait for the next yearly statement. We should be alerted if we see that quarterly numbers are going down.

Annual Statements

On a charts below the Line shows absolute values and the Bar chart shows Year-Over-Year Growth Rate for selected financial statement item.
A consistent GROWTH is generally considered necessary to fund future growth from within a business.
NOTE: Growth Rate is not provided if either the latest period or the year-ago period contains a net loss.
(source: WSJ Digest of Earnings)
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Financial Statements

Income Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Balance Sheet

Liquidity Ratios

Current Ratio

Current Ratio measures the ability to meet short term obligations. Generally accepted standard is 2 (current assets should be 2 times or 200% of current liabilities).

Quick Ratio

Measures immediate liquidity or the cash available to cover immediate liabilities. A safe margin would be at least 1 (100%).

Financial Leverage

Defined as total assets divided by total shareholders' equity. The higher the ratio, the more debt a company uses in its capital structure.

Profitability Ratios

ROA

Return on Assets (ROA) measures the income (profit) that is generated by the use of the assets of the business.

ROE

Return on Equity (ROE) is a measure of profitability that calculates how many dollars of profit a company generates with each dollar of shareholders equity.
ROE is sometimes called "return on net worth."

ROIC

The Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) measure gives a sense of how well a company is using its money to generate returns. Some investors use this figure as a final evaluation to determine whether or not to invest in a company.

Annual Statements

Item Name

Jan '08

Jan '09

Jan '10

Jan '11

Jan '12

Jan '13

Jan '14

Jan '15

Jan '16

Jan '17

Feb '18

Equity (BVPS)

4.41

5.25

5.31

5.12

5.56

4.78

4.56

5.08

6.14

6.02

5.29

growth rate

19.1%

1.1%

-3.6%

8.6%

-14.0%

-4.6%

11.4%

20.9%

-2.0%

-12.1%

Earnings BIT

476.90

229.82

179.80

228.30

183.37

311.06

109.93

213.39

324.68

354.14

331.07

growth rate

-51.8%

-21.8%

27.0%

-19.7%

69.6%

-64.7%

94.1%

52.2%

9.1%

-6.5%

Avg.PE

7.60

10.30

19.46

15.90

17.99

15.31

31.35

38.33

38.33

11.11

13.81

growth rate

35.5%

88.9%

-18.3%

13.1%

-14.9%

104.8%

22.3%

0.0%

-71.0%

24.3%

ROA

20.75

9.35

8.24

7.00

7.92

12.52

4.81

4.74

13.18

12.52

11.35

growth rate

-54.9%

-11.9%

-15.1%

13.1%

58.1%

-61.6%

-1.5%

178.1%

-5.0%

-9.4%

ROE

29.01

13.03

11.32

9.60

10.96

17.60

6.95

6.97

19.91

18.83

16.66

growth rate

-55.1%

-13.1%

-15.2%

14.2%

60.6%

-60.5%

0.3%

185.7%

-5.4%

-11.5%

ROIC

28.74

12.62

10.93

9.60

10.96

17.60

6.95

6.97

19.91

18.83

16.66

growth rate

-56.1%

-13.4%

-12.2%

14.2%

60.6%

-60.5%

0.3%

185.7%

-5.4%

-11.5%

Cur. Ratio

2.71

2.30

2.85

3.03

3.18

2.62

2.22

1.94

1.56

1.83

2.00

growth rate

-15.1%

23.9%

6.3%

5.0%

-17.6%

-15.3%

-12.6%

-19.6%

17.3%

9.3%

Quick Ratio

1.73

1.31

1.79

1.99

1.94

1.55

1.21

1.04

0.74

0.94

1.01

growth rate

-24.3%

36.6%

11.2%

-2.5%

-20.1%

-21.9%

-14.1%

-28.9%

27.0%

7.5%

Leverage

1.39

1.39

1.35

1.39

1.38

1.43

1.45

1.49

1.53

1.48

1.46

growth rate

0.0%

-2.9%

3.0%

-0.7%

3.6%

1.4%

2.8%

2.7%

-3.3%

-1.4%

Balance Sheet

Jan '08

Jan '09

Jan '10

Jan '11

Jan '12

Jan '13

Jan '14

Jan '15

Jan '16

Jan '17

Feb '18

Acct.Receivable

30.32

26.85

28.39

15.55

35.82

57.18

67.89

80.91

86.63

78.30

growth rate

-11.5%

5.8%

-45.2%

130.4%

59.6%

18.7%

19.2%

7.1%

-9.6%

Acct.Payable

191.15

182.79

246.20

236.70

growth rate

-4.4%

34.7%

-3.9%

Cur.Assets

676.19

902.91

908.63

996.14

883.41

714.59

828.04

723.38

901.23

968.53

growth rate

33.5%

0.6%

9.6%

-11.3%

-19.1%

15.9%

-12.6%

24.6%

7.5%

Total Assets

1,434.88

1,654.25

1,454.56

1,509.33

1,358.69

1,310.80

1,696.91

1,612.25

1,782.66

1,816.31

growth rate

15.3%

-12.1%

3.8%

-10.0%

-3.5%

29.5%

-5.0%

10.6%

1.9%

Cash

345.84

536.95

516.52

556.68

393.89

324.10

410.70

260.07

378.61

413.61

growth rate

55.3%

-3.8%

7.8%

-29.2%

-17.7%

26.7%

-36.7%

45.6%

9.2%

Inventory

215.48

252.61

233.04

284.33

257.26

225.53

278.97

305.18

358.45

398.21

growth rate

17.2%

-7.8%

22.0%

-9.5%

-12.3%

23.7%

9.4%

17.5%

11.1%

Cur.Liabilities

293.60

316.44

300.04

313.66

337.26

321.47

459.09

463.68

493.78

485.22

growth rate

7.8%

-5.2%

4.5%

7.5%

-4.7%

42.8%

1.0%

6.5%

-1.7%

Liabilities

405.25

432.96

409.21

413.16

413.85

408.51

557.16

560.87

578.09

569.52

growth rate

6.8%

-5.5%

1.0%

0.2%

-1.3%

36.4%

0.7%

3.1%

-1.5%

LT Debt

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

growth rate

Equity

1,340.46

1,029.56

1,221.29

1,045.35

1,096.26

944.84

902.29

1,139.75

1,051.38

1,204.57

1,246.79

growth rate

-23.2%

18.6%

-14.4%

4.9%

-13.8%

-4.5%

26.3%

-7.8%

14.6%

3.5%

Common Shares

220.00

208.00

210.00

202.00

196.00

201.00

194.00

195.00

196.00

184.00

2.50

growth rate

-5.5%

1.0%

-3.8%

-3.0%

2.6%

-3.5%

0.5%

0.5%

-6.1%

-98.6%

Cash Flow Statement

Jan '08

Jan '09

Jan '10

Jan '11

Jan '12

Jan '13

Jan '14

Jan '15

Jan '16

Jan '17

Feb '18

Capital Expenditures

250.41

245.86

129.08

78.71

123.65

95.06

245.00

153.26

161.49

169.47

growth rate

-1.8%

-47.5%

-39.0%

57.1%

-23.1%

60.5%

-37.5%

5.4%

4.9%

Cash Dividends

80.80

60.21

64.22

141.74

66.23

312.19

55.94

97.22

97.24

90.68

88.55

growth rate

-25.5%

6.7%

120.7%

-53.3%

371.4%

-82.1%

73.8%

0.0%

-6.7%

-2.4%

Cash From OA

464.66

221.62

299.04

295.09

185.15

367.58

177.87

339.39

335.11

365.60

394.43

growth rate

-52.3%

34.9%

-1.3%

-37.3%

98.5%

-51.6%

90.8%

-1.3%

9.1%

7.9%

FCF per Share

0.65

0.39

0.65

1.08

0.41

1.45

0.35

0.06

1.00

1.09

0.72

growth rate

-40.0%

66.7%

66.2%

-62.0%

253.7%

-75.9%

-82.9%

1,566.7%

9.0%

-33.9%

Sale Purchase of Stock

7.31

7.28

16.26

3.36

growth rate

-0.3%

123.3%

-79.4%

FCF

214.00

37.00

259.00

297.00

105.00

380.00

-76.00

93.00

169.00

203.00

222.00

growth rate

-82.7%

600.0%

14.7%

-64.7%

261.9%

-100.0%

100.0%

81.7%

20.1%

9.4%

Income Statement

Jan '08

Jan '09

Jan '10

Jan '11

Jan '12

Jan '13

Jan '14

Jan '15

Jan '16

Jan '17

Feb '18

Sales

2,390.00

2,183.99

2,274.91

2,278.78

2,414.02

2,689.23

2,557.70

3,282.87

3,521.85

3,609.87

3,795.55

growth rate

-8.6%

4.2%

0.2%

5.9%

11.4%

-4.9%

28.4%

7.3%

2.5%

5.1%

Op.Income

220.74

240.16

262.75

208.36

305.30

109.17

213.39

324.68

354.14

331.07

growth rate

8.8%

9.4%

-20.7%

46.5%

-64.2%

95.5%

52.2%

9.1%

-6.5%

IBT

217.02

235.51

245.57

212.92

311.03

109.94

159.50

321.87

335.26

287.17

growth rate

8.5%

4.3%

-13.3%

46.1%

-64.7%

45.1%

101.8%

4.2%

-14.3%

Net Income

130.87

130.76

108.78

117.37

179.58

64.22

80.32

218.14

212.45

204.16

growth rate

-0.1%

-16.8%

7.9%

53.0%

-64.2%

25.1%

171.6%

-2.6%

-3.9%

EPS

1.82

0.86

0.81

0.70

0.77

1.16

0.43

0.42

1.11

1.16

1.13

growth rate

-52.8%

-5.8%

-13.6%

10.0%

50.7%

-62.9%

-2.3%

164.3%

4.5%

-2.6%

Gross Profit

1,423.14

857.91

907.86

914.67

885.58

1,075.68

861.90

1,441.05

1,594.07

1,662.30

1,680.20

growth rate

-39.7%

5.8%

0.8%

-3.2%

21.5%

-19.9%

67.2%

10.6%

4.3%

1.1%

Quarterly Statements

Item Name

Jul '17

Oct '17

Feb '18

May '18

Aug '18

Earnings BIT

50.32

114.62

123.73

52.27

76.39

growth rate

127.8%

8.0%

-57.8%

46.1%

Balance Sheet

Jul '17

Oct '17

Feb '18

May '18

Aug '18

Acct.Receivable

80.67

77.11

78.30

72.80

74.15

growth rate

-4.4%

1.5%

-7.0%

1.9%

Acct.Payable

275.48

330.72

236.70

207.77

264.25

growth rate

20.1%

-28.4%

-12.2%

27.2%

Cur.Assets

817.19

930.21

968.53

874.60

997.08

growth rate

13.8%

4.1%

-9.7%

14.0%

Total Assets

1,686.32

1,801.78

1,816.31

1,730.91

1,850.75

growth rate

6.9%

0.8%

-4.7%

6.9%

Cash

192.56

257.53

413.61

289.70

323.32

growth rate

33.7%

60.6%

-30.0%

11.6%

Inventory

433.46

534.02

398.21

404.26

466.11

growth rate

23.2%

-25.4%

1.5%

15.3%

Cur.Liabilities

471.98

552.84

485.22

434.80

508.02

growth rate

17.1%

-12.2%

-10.4%

16.8%

Liabilities

562.02

638.58

569.52

523.53

590.17

growth rate

13.6%

-10.8%

-8.1%

12.7%

LT Debt

growth rate

Equity

1,124.30

1,163.20

1,246.79

1,207.38

1,260.58

growth rate

3.5%

7.2%

-3.2%

4.4%

Common Shares

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.50

2.50

growth rate

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Cash Flow Statement

Jul '17

Oct '17

Feb '18

May '18

Aug '18

Capital Expenditures

46.43

48.42

34.55

46.90

54.46

growth rate

4.3%

-28.6%

35.8%

16.1%

Cash Dividends

22.13

22.13

22.16

24.23

24.39

growth rate

0.0%

0.1%

9.3%

0.7%

Cash From OA

42.51

134.88

206.33

27.99

124.41

growth rate

217.3%

53.0%

-86.4%

344.5%

Sale Purchase of Stock

0.23

3.13

3.13

2.35

growth rate

1,291.1%

0.0%

-24.8%

FCF

-3.92

86.46

171.78

-18.91

69.95

growth rate

100.0%

98.7%

-100.0%

100.0%

Income Statement

Jul '17

Oct '17

Feb '18

May '18

Aug '18

Sales

844.56

960.43

1,228.72

822.96

964.85

growth rate

13.7%

27.9%

-33.0%

17.2%

Op.Income

50.32

114.62

123.73

52.27

76.39

growth rate

127.8%

8.0%

-57.8%

46.1%

IBT

32.17

97.68

119.97

51.21

77.25

growth rate

203.7%

22.8%

-57.3%

50.9%

Net Income

21.24

63.73

93.96

39.93

60.33

growth rate

200.1%

47.4%

-57.5%

51.1%

EPS

growth rate

Gross Profit

294.32

374.91

733.14

304.44

353.10

growth rate

27.4%

95.6%

-58.5%

16.0%

Growth Grade & Financial Ratios

All financial ratios below are calculated based on latest annual statements available and present the most up to date snapshot of a company finances.